April 26, 2017

1978: Resurgence of persecution of Baha’is

The resurging persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran, the
country in which the Bahá'í Faith originated, began in 1978 and came into full
force following the fall of the Shah on 17 January 1979 and the declaration of
the Islamic Republic on 1 April 1979.

(Adapted from footnotes in ‘Messages from
the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986’)